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  6. Agave and Allies
  7. Nolinas and Allies
  8. Sotols

genus

Sotols

Dasylirion

Traits
Includes
3 native 3 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Wheeler Sotol native
  • Texas Sotol native
  • Great Desert Spoon present
  • Smooth Sotol native
  • Dasylirion cedrosanum present
  • Berlandier's Sotol present
  • Dasylirion parryanum
  • Mexican Grass Tree
  • Dasylirion serratifolium
  • Mexican Grass Tree

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Shrubs
Plant type
Perennial Shrub

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native sotols All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Wheeler Sotol Dasylirion wheeleri caterpillars 1 hosts 4 food 1 flowers 10
  • Texas Sotol Dasylirion texanum
  • Smooth Sotol Dasylirion leiophyllum

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